22 inch transit wheels 4/6 drop

[Canadian_bob]

Looking to run 22 inch transit wheels on a 4/6 drop. 1990 C1500 rclb converted to 6 lug if that makes a difference. Just wondering if there's any trimming needed to not rub . And if anyone on here has that setup or similar what size tires are yall running to make it work

 

[someotherguy]

I wish you luck.. I've let two sets of those wheels come in, and leave, my garage without mounting tires. I worry with a 4/6 you'll have to run such a short tire that the wheels are gonna be in constant danger of getting bent up. They're not the strongest.

Richard

 

[618 Syndicate]

Similar to Richard's comment, in my experience 35 series are pushing it, anything smaller and regular potholes will bend wheels.
Looks ****, but will be a problem if you can't fit more tire. They're weak because they were never designed to do anything more than roll on and off a transporter, or around a parking lot.

This is a 255/30/22 on a square crew cab 1 ton, normal interstate driving in Western Kentucky

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[Canadian_bob]

Well shoot . Guess thats out if the picture thank yall for the input

 

[Aarong23]

Similar to Richard's comment, in my experience 35 series are pushing it, anything smaller and regular potholes will bend wheels.
Looks ****, but will be a problem if you can't fit more tire. They're weak because they were never designed to do anything more than roll on and off a transporter, or around a parking lot.

This is a 255/30/22 on a square crew cab 1 ton, normal interstate driving in Western Kentucky

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Oof. That's tough to see. Those look awesome though.

 

[618 Syndicate]

They're on my ex-brother in law's truck. It is super cool. We are putting a 5.3 and 6L80 in it over the winter.

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[someotherguy]

I've seen a lot of them with low profile tires and they're almost always bent to ****. I feel lucky I was able to score 2 sets that were still in decent shape, but I just couldn't bring myself to use them, knowing it would force me to slow down and drive like a sane person so I wouldn't bend them. As it is, I've got nice "tall" 285/45/22's on my Centerlines and I'm still nervous, since if I smash one up I can't buy a new one anymore.

So with all that said, it starts to look like if you wanna run rubber bands on big steel wheels you may want to cash up for some Detroit steel wheels as they're likely at least intended for actual road use vs. the GM transport wheels. They're a little pricey at $313/ea for 22x9 but as another bonus you can specify the backspacing from 3" to 4.5" ... I wonder if 4.5" is enough for a 22x9 on a dropped GMT400.

For a few extra bucks you can get 'em with rectangular holes in them like a squarebody Rally wheel. It's cool but to me they look weird in the larger diameters than stock.

Richard